March 2024

Volume 75    Issue 3

New model for predicting the erosional performance of rehabilitated mine sites

Mining Engineering , 2024, Vol. 75, No. 3, pp. 23-23
Pelletier, Jon; Abramson, Nathan; Chataut, Satya; Ananthanarayan, Sriram; Ludwick, Dave; Roddy, Brendan

To avoid rill/gully erosion on steep rehabilitated mine hillslopes, mine waste can be redistributed to be less steep and have fewer areas where runoff is concentrated. In addition, the shear strength of a rehabilitated mine site surface can be increased with riprap and/or vegetation.  

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